"Pain, Sweat and Scar" that's not meant to be

With my sudden urge to bake (call it predictable short-lived craze if you must!), I managed to invite two shifu to teach me bake today. With the help from LeeY and Chu2, here's our accomplishments after browsing hundreds of creations from cake/bakery books on loan from the library (courtesy of Chu2).

Strawberry Sponge Cake
No takers as yet since DadJ bought a durian cake on New Year's eve that's still not consumed. The durian cake will take priority first.

Chocolate Walnut Brownie
This is 'slightly' over-baked, but still very edible. We had some good laugh while preparing this, don't we? (It's not everyday you'll get to see LeeY make a boo-boo, but hey, that's all because she lost her concentration due to her incoming SMSes.) Well, at least both my shifu tried this, and Chu2 is going to attempt it at home this coming weekend (so, mine is a trial...). SonZ loved them and requested DadJ to buy ice-cream for his subsequent rounds.

My Apologies (really really)
What about the "pain, sweat and scar"? Chu2 was kept busy busy and scalded herself while dishing out the sponge cake. Sorrie, dear!

Credits:
Thanks to both LeeY and Chu2 for coming and getting all the baking essentials for me to make all this happen - I definitely learned something today (like what is folding, don't over or under beat/whisk, set oven heat from bottom-only, remove the bottom cookie/dripping tray, put the rack at the middle, watch the clock as the oven timer might fail, be careful as hot things hurt, don't be distracted, etc etc etc). Cheers!

Updates:
SonS loved the brownie too - commented it was better than outside (Wow!! The truth - he didn't get to eat much of brownie before...). I also noticed that the top of the brownie looks quite normal and presentatable after a few hours of storage, i.e. not so 'black and glossy'. As for the sponge cake, it's a little 'rough' (I know why I know why - thanks to Chu2 stirring instead of folding).